Very few people vote in the school budget and board elections. Please make every effort this year to support our experienced and thoughtful candidates, Heather Schultz for Germantown School Board and Dave Baylen for Taconic Hills School Board.

Make sure you are ready for the April 24 special election, which affects residents of the 102nd (Aidan O’Connor) and 107th (Cindy Doran) Assembly Districts. Absentee ballots were mailed last week, and absentee balloting is now available over the counter at the Board of Elections, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

In Columbia County’s two state assembly districts, the 102nd and 107th, special elections will be held on April 24. We are fortunate to have many opportunities to meet the candidates, thanks to events hosted by town Democratic groups. Please come out to meet Aidan O’Connor Jr. and Cindy Doran.

We’ve heard a lot of chatter in NY 19 over the last few days about the entry of an independent candidate into the race. Our advice: stay focused on the six candidates who will compete in the June Democratic primary: meet them, read their position papers, and maybe most of all, explain to fence sitters why voting Democratic matters more than ever in 2018.

While our attention to national politics is rightly focused on Trump’s appalling State of the Union speech, the release of the Nunes memo, and the spectacle of Congressional Republicans playing politics with federal law enforcement, at home, the CCDC is focused on helping voters prepare for critical upcoming elections.

A packed house at our first congressional candidates forum, the absentee vote count next week, volunteers needed, events of interest, no CCDC Meeting in November, and a new venue for December! Read on.

You have a chance to meet all the Democratic candidates running against John Faso in 2018. Now is the time for ALL Democrats to be informed, to show support for your party, and to participate in removing Faso.

This will be an Election Day to remember! We are proud of our victors, appreciative of all our dedicated candidates, and grateful to every single person who called, canvassed, donated, organized, wrote a letter, planted a sign, voted, or otherwise supported positive change for the people of Columbia County.

The October Columbia Democrats meeting will be held at Wunderbar in Hudson, as we phone bank for our county candidates Peter Volkmann and Cricket Coleman. Join us for fun, light refreshments courtesy of the CCDC, and this all-important work.

Local elections can be decided by a single vote–make sure yours is counted! New York state has multiple deadlines for changing registrations ad applying for and casting absentee ballots. Stay informed!

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The Columbia County Democratic Committee works to inspire and encourage leadership of the Democratic Party in Columbia County; to recruit the greatest number of Democrats to participate in the affairs of the Democratic Party in Columbia County; to ensure the continuing success of the Democratic Party in Columbia County, New York State and the United States; and to provide an orderly and democratic way to carry on the business of the party.